Page 16 RAIN April 1982 ------cont.------- guides. A New View of a Woman's Body is a strikingly illustrated, comprehensive book on women's health. The numerous graphics in this book enable women to have a more accurate and complete picture of the female body and its functions. Original research presented on the sexual response cycle and the clitoris fills in the blanks and corrects misinformation generally found in standard anatomy textbooks. A color photograph section focuses on the range of healthy and normal genitals and cervixes. Another section, on menstrual extraction, provides women with a useful technology. The writers of this book have very adequately demystified many aspects of women's health. In the Cancer Journals, Audre Lorde challenges women by saying, "Every woman has a militant responsibilty to involve herself actively with her own health." These three books help to meet that challenge. —Dawn Wicca A former RAIN staffer, Dawn has been involved with women's health issues for a number of years. Exer-Guide (poster), 1981,18"x24", color, $3.00 regular, $6.00 lamiitated (bulk prices available) from: Center for Science in the Public Interest 80x3099 Washington, DC 20010 Remember that New Year's resolution you made to start running (or swimming, or bicycling) regularly? The Exer-Guide may be just the stimulus you need to stay true to your cardiovascular system. Illustrated by Charles Koren, whose toothy cartoon beast- people frequently enliven the pages of The New Yorker, this poster includes a summary of the benefits of exercise (particularly aerobic exercise) to your heart, blood, muscles, mind and nerves. It notes the important interplay between exercise and sensible eating and points up several prevalent dietary fallacies (such as the one which holds that hot weather exercise automatically calls for salt tablets). The poster also includes a list of the average calories used in several dozen common activities ranging from dancing to dishwashing and indicates any special benefits (strength, flexibility, aerobic conditioning) which can result from each activity. The Exer-Guide amounts to a concisely-written health manual, a bracing pep talk and an attractive wall decoration all in one. —John Ferrell V-.' ■ ERPRIS by Edward Humberger One of the only and certainly the most controversial community development strategies being bandied around the Reagan White House is the enterprise zone concept. Enterprise zones are supposed to stimulate small business development and create jobs for unemployed people in distressed urban areas through a combination of tax incentives and regulatory relief. The idea is actually not a new one. In the following excerpt from a recent article in the Journal of Community Action, Edward Humberger of the Resource Group for Community Development (Washington, D.C.) gives us a preview of what may come by describing the long-term effects of an actual enterprise zone model which emerged in U.S. policy more than thirty years ago. The idea seemed so simple. The area's economy was severely distressed. The unemployed needed jobs, and new business was needed to create them. To get that business, the government decided to create a free enterprise trade zone. Taxes were drastically reduced and regulatory relief was provided. Labor was cheap and largely unskilled, ideal lor labor intensive industry looking to relocate. Political leaders, particularly those on the left, were convinced at the time that by creating a positive investment climate, they could put their people back to work, expand production, and improve the quality of life. Alter ten years, the results seemed remarkable. Nearly everyone in the area, even the poor, had an automobile. Employment increased as tens of thousands of jobs were created. The productivity rate quadrupled. Per capita income increased twenty-five percent. Health standards and life expectancy improved. After twenty-five years, however, the disparity between the rich and poor, which economic growth was supposed to reduce, became even more apparent as the first wave of industries left the area for cheaper labor markets. Capital intensive industry then moved in, and more incentives were provided to keep people employed. Over three-quarters of a million people had emigrated, looking for work and a better life. While this helped keep the unemployment rate down—it was increasingly clear to the political leaders that their prospects lor full-scale development were not as bright as originally planned. After thirty years, it was evident that the free trade zone's economy was stagnant, needing yet another transfusion of industrial
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